TOKYO: Japan's restart of more nuclear power plants would help ease Europe's energy supply fears during the winter as more liquefied natural gas (LNG) will become available to the global market, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday (Sep 27). Europe is racing to prepare for an e
TOKYO: Japan's restart of more nuclear power plants would help ease Europe's energy supply fears during the winter as more liquefied natural gas will become available to the global market, the head of the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday .
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in August that Japan will restart more idled nuclear plants and look at developing next-generation reactors, setting the stage for a major policy shift on nuclear energy a decade after the Fukushima disaster. Birol said he met with Kishida on Monday and discussed Japan's initiatives of green transformation, especially the use of nuclear power.
"Restarting nuclear plants is good news for Japan, but also a big help for Europe during the winter," he said.
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